Cosmology as relativistic particle mechanics: From big crunch to big bang

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 737-751

  Russo, J G ^a   Townsend, P K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14644412765     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/22/4/007     Document Type: Article

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